She's staying strong for her daughter!
From her very first appearance on Teen Mom 2, Chelsea Houska has been battling with her first baby daddy, Adam Lind. Fans struggled to watch as Chelsea defended Adam’s behavior even though her friends and family told her time and again to leave him. Chelsea was dedicated to having a family for Aubree and putting Adam first, but at some point, their relationship simply couldn’t be patched up.
After years of being together on and off, Chelsea and Adam finally parted ways. Although Chelsea went on to marry the ever-loved Cole DeBoer and start a family with him, Adam’s path wasn’t quite so smooth. In recent years, Adam has battled an addiction to drugs and has even been charged with domestic violence against his significant other.
Since then, Aubree has been allowed much less time with her father. Adam’s custody has been reduced time and again for Aubree’s safety as her father continues to use drugs. But recently, Adam has made it clear he doesn’t care what the law says — and he’s made a shocking custody violation. Now, Chelsea is speaking out about the incident.
Dark Places
As Adam Lind’s drug and domestic violence charges continued to rack up, his custody of his first daughter Aubree continue to be reduced over and over. But following his recent criminal charges, Aubree’s visitation with her father is lower than ever.
Adam was arrested on Nov. 3rd 2017, and a representative informed The Ashley’s Reality Roundup that Adam has “four counts against him, including attempting to cause bodily harm, recklessly attempting to cause bodily harm, attempting to cause imminent bodily harm, and one count of intentionally causing bodily harm.” Soon after, Adam’s ex girlfriend Stasia Huber took out a restraining order against him.
According to a report by Radar Online, the order read, in part,
“I have done too many well-checks on Adam than I can count [sic]. Times he has been curled up in a ball crying and trying to take his life. Times that got so bad he has expressed needing mandatory treatment or jail to stop himself. I have always been there for him in the past, he feels hopeless without me.”
Domestic Violence
Stasia accused Adam of “betrayal, emotional abuse, drugs and lying and cheating.” But soon, friends of Adam’s “expressed their concerns for his safety because of his depression and drug addiction.”
“On September 17th, 2017, after the texts and calls wouldn’t stop, I blocked him on everything and have not talked to him since,” Stasia’s report read. “It was after he sent me some depressing texts and we started to argue he threatened to hit me with his car if he ever saw me by his place," she wrote in the order.
She also revealed details about the Adam’s abusive ways:
“While under the influence of drugs, alcohol and steroids, he fractured my forearm, locked me in the house saying I couldn’t leave, smashed my phone, and, once he realized what he had done, he broke down crying and took me to the ER. We broke up for a while after that.”
She added that on one instance, he “ripped the bedroom door off of its hinges and threw it across the room and then put a hole in the bedroom wall.” She alleges that, after drinking a six-pack of beer in just a few minutes, “[h]e threw a beer bottle and it smashed on the wall next to [her] and cut [her] leg and foot and hand.”
Lawyer Up!
After Adam’s violent ways and drug addiction came to light, Chelsea revealed on Teen Mom 2 that Adam’s custody had been drastically reduced. Adam would only be allowed to see his daughter one time a month, and it would have to be at a visitation center. During the series premiere, Chelsea also revealed that she is still battling with Adam over massive amounts of child support.
“His drug use is out of control,” Chelsea spilled to her friend in the episode. “His depression is getting worse.” She added, “I’d like it to be where his visits need to be at a visitation center, but if she were to go visit his parents, he couldn’t be around. I’m going to talk to my lawyer and see what she thinks.” She also revealed that the entire situation is frightening for her. “It does scare me… He’s getting worse,” she said.
In another scene, she revealed to her father Randy that Adam “Will be willing to agree to the name change if [we] eliminate child support, adjust child support, or take into consideration [Cole’s] income. Obviously he’s fine with doing it, but he’s trying to [get something out of it.] Why would we eliminate child support to hyphenate her last name?” She revealed that Adam wanted to eliminate close to $10,000 of back child support he still owes her in addition to future child support.
Blatant Violation
Adam’s visitation is strict, so imagine Chelsea’s surprise when he blatantly violated his custody agreement and posted it on social media!
“Chelsea let his parents have [Aubree] for a couple of hours,” a friend of Chelsea’s spilled to Radar Online after Adam posted a picture of him and Aubree together when they shouldn’t have been. She let them spend time with their granddaughter even though the source says “It wasn’t their time to have her.”
“[Chelsea is] livid and won’t do that anymore,” the source said. “These grandparents haven’t learned a d*mn thing. Can definitely tell where Adam gets the law and rules don’t apply to him attitude!” They added that Chelsea even “emailed her lawyer to find out what her next step should be.”
School Lunch
Imagine fans’ surprise when only a few weeks later, Adam posted a picture of him and Aubree hanging out at her school together — and clearly not in a visitation center!
“Is this supposed to be at a visitation center?” asked Twitter user @TMMamaDrama. “So many questions…” However, Chelsea quickly settled everyone’s concerns.
“The agreement states he’s allowed to attend one school lunch a week if he chooses,” Chelsea cleared up on Twitter, adding, “And to attend events such as concerts etc. I appreciate you guys looking out for me and my girly though.” She also pointed out that this is the first time Adam has gone to a school lunch with his daughter.
APALLED
Even though Adam was perfectly within his rights to visit his daughter, some fans just weren’t impressed. “I am not the least bit convinced that this leopard has changed his spots,” wrote reddit user TdubLakeO. “Let's not forget that Adam was arrested less than 6 months ago for assault in a domestic violence context and was also charged with violating a protective order in that situation. Not to mention the 3 dozen other arrests that Adam has under his belt AND the failed p*ss tests for meth.”
They added, “I am literally APPALLED that this man is permitted to go into an elementary school to have lunch with his child. I don't care whether it's Chelsea's child or the child of someone at my kid's school, I don't like the idea that a person with Adam's violent tendencies, recent arrests & drug abuse history can walk into a school and be trusted to be around children.”
But not everyone saw it that way. “You can tell [Aubree] loves her father and it kills Chelsea that she does, I honestly think she coached Aubree into wanting to add to her last name,” accused user wheniwasayoungboy_. “YES ADAM SUCKS but everybody deserves a chance to turn their life around.” User Motthebop agreed, “Why did she have to call out it was his first time? How does putting him down publicly help Aubree?”
No Surprises
However, Chelsea has recently revealed that she puts much more thought into the public perception of her family than fans may think. In fact, she’s recently shared she’s concerned about Aubree watching Teen Mom 2 when she gets older!
"It's inevitable that [my children are] going to see [the show] someday. I think Watson is going to be fine because he's seeing fun, family times. I think Aubree is going to be a little more difficult because she's going to see the relationship with her dad [Adam Lind] and she's going to have a lot of questions about our relationship and her relationship with him," she explained in an interview with E! News. She added, "We've always been open with each other. She is open with me and can talk to me so I just want to keep it that way so for when they do watch it, she feels comfortable and won't have any surprises."
Showing Support
Even though she wants to protect her daughter, she spilled that fans can count on her to keep her stories truthful and honest. "You want to be open and honest because people are going through the same things that we're going through and it does kind of feel nice when other people can relate to it," she spilled. "You want to be open but it's also scary. Even after nine years, it's definitely still scary."
This season, fans can expect to watch the exciting beginnings of Chelsea’s pregnancy. "We do a blood test so I found out [my baby’s gender] when he was working so I got to tell him what the baby was on camera. So that was exciting," she revealed to E!. "I know people always say their husbands are great or whatever but I think mine is the best. He's patient. He works all day and still comes home and helps me with what I need. He makes sure to get time in with the kids before bed. He's just a good guy all around."
She also shared that her fellow Teen Mom 2 stars have been nothing but supportive for her third pregnancy. "We have been close from the beginning. Maci Bookout is always nice. All of the girls are nice but I'd say I talk with [Kailyn Lowry] and [Leah Messer] the most," she said. "They've been supportive. We've formed our little group chat."
Big Sister
And of course someone else is being supportive: little Aubree!
“Aubree is super excited,” Chelsea shared. “She wanted a girl this time so she is excited and she is so much help. But Watson, he has no idea. We told Aubree right away this time and she knew that we wanted another baby soon so she was surprised but she was just so happy." She even said she’s having her “easiest pregnancy out of the three!”
There’s just one thing Chelsea refuses to share with fans: the name that she and Cole selected for their first daughter together. But many fans believe she may have accidentally revealed her daughter’s name during a recent update!
Name Game
“Ok but did @ChelseaHouska say Quinny in her instagram story on the way to the 4D ultrasound?! Is she naming her baby girl Quinn???” wrote Twitter user @blissfull_daze. “I NEED TO KNOW ANSWERS.”
Chelsea responded, “Whaaaa? Nope! lol i think you’re referring to what Cole said and he said ‘sweetie’ in a weird voice.’”
Another fan, Twitter user @KaitlynBabb, wrote, “I thought he said ‘twitty’ like Conway twitty? Lol.” Chelsea clarified, “I think he said ‘tweetie’ to be specific Hahahaha.”
Either way, fans love the name Quinn! “It would be a seriously adorable name,” wrote in Twitter user @jflo8675309. “Quinn Deboer just has a ring to it.”
Chelsea responded, “It’s a cute name! But we already have a name set for our little punkin!”
Luckily, there are even more hints that Chelsea dropped about the name game.
One fan recently asked, “Is your baby girl’s name gonna have an -ee name like Aubree?” Chelsea replied, “Nope!”
“If Aubree hadn’t been named Aubree, what would you have named her?” another fan wanted to know. Chelsea replied, “I was JUST telling Aubree the other day the names I considered for her haha. I think it was Payton and Brynn.” So it’s possible that one of these names is the one Chelsea is going to use!
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